Thirukkural: Secular Literature, Everyday Relevance and Universal Values – Group 4 Topic Quiz

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This quiz has 30 multiple-choice questions on Thirukkural: Secular Literature, Everyday Relevance and Universal Values, from the History, Culture, Heritage and Socio-Political Movements of Tamil Nadu unit of the TNPSC Group 4 General Studies syllabus. * Time allowed: 30 minutes * Each question has four options and only one correct answer * No negative marking * Pass mark: 35% * Each answer comes with an explanation after you submit Topics covered: * Thiruvalluvar and the Structure of Thirukkural * Why Thirukkural Is Called a Secular Literature * Relevance to Everyday Life and Governance * Impact on Humanity and Universal Values Syllabus reference: Significance as a Secular Literature; Relevance to everyday life; Impact on Humanity; Universal Values

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1. 1In the kural venba metre, the first line has four metrical feet (seer). How many metrical feet does the second line have?

   • ATwo
   • BThree
   • CFour
   • DFive

2. 2The proposal to reckon a Thiruvalluvar era, taking 31 BCE as Valluvar's year, came from a 1921 meeting of Tamil scholars presided over by ________.

   • AU. Ve. Swaminatha Iyer
   • BMu. Varadarasan
   • CMaraimalai Adigal
   • DG. U. Pope